A Stuffed Frog Returns to Texas

Again I have returned to the Dallas area for a week of work that is slightly different from my usual work. Since living out of a hotel is not extremely conducive to either my game development or comic writing hobbies, I present you instead with more pictures of my daughter's stuffed frog doing things with me on my trip.

At our airport, there's a phone on the wall after you go through the security line. It links to the other side of these big glass windows so you can talk to people after going through security. It's been there for a long time, since before people could do that with cell phones I guess. But anyway, here is Froggy talking to my youngest daughter using that phone. My wife is helping her.

When I do these types of posts, you'll notice that Froggy is eating in many of the pictures. Since I have to work most of the day, dinner time is when Froggy and I get to spend the most time together. I always try to feed him well. Here he is eating some macaroni-and-cheese with bacon and mushrooms in our hotel room. It was from the Potbelly Sandwich Shop. I ate the sandwich (not pictured).

What does Froggy do all day while I'm working? Mostly he just sleeps in my backpack, as seen here.

We don't always eat in the hotel. Above is a picture of Froggy eating at the Texas Land & Cattle Steakhouse. He doesn't eat much but is always stuffed.

Now please enjoy today's Amphibian.com comic where the frogs are no more real but no less entertaining.

Amphibian.com comic for 13 January 2016

More Froggy Pictures from Texas

I'm back home from another week in Texas! Since I've basically done nothing but cut down a Christmas tree and hang up some lights since Friday, there's no software-related material to share today. Instead, how about some more pictures of my daughter's stuffed frog who accompanied me on my trip?

This past week was Froggy's 5th trip to the Dallas area.

Froggy gets a snack in the Philadelphia
airport while we wait on our plane.

We split a sandwich for dinner the first night.

Who photo-bombed who?

Froggy gets more sleep than I do on these trips.

Cooking dinner in the hotel room.
Froggy only knows how to make macaroni and cheese.

We found this nice fountain while walking around one evening.

And we found this weird statue.
It's outside the State Farm Operations Center.

Froggy also likes soup.

Froggy took his pets for a walk.
They are a giraffe, a cow, and a stegosaurus.

We had to get up really early to get our flight home.
Froggy slept at the airport.

I apologize if you actually follow this blog and were expecting more substance today. Sometimes, this is my life. My daughters all enjoy these pictures that I send home. The people who watch me take them probably think I'm some sort of weirdo. They're correct, of course.

On a completely unrelated topic, I'm starting the Christmas-themed comics this week! Be sure to read today's:

Amphibian.com comic for 7 December 2015

Froggy Pictures from Texas

You may not know this, but whenever I travel away from home I always have a plush frog with me. This started way back, probably 8 years ago, when my daughter Alex told me to take her Froggy with me on a business trip. I took pictures of him doing various things with me, and continued the tradition with every subsequent trip. When our second daughter was born, Alex gave Froggy to her but he still comes with me on trips.

Since I've been in the Dallas, Texas area this week, I thought I might as well share some of the Froggy pictures. This frog has been many places. This is his third time in Texas.

Plush frogs like to take selfies, just like people.

He likes to eat green foods. We eat dinner together every night.

He helps me write my blog. His typing is poor.

I often find him sitting by the pool.

We sometimes share a pizza. This one was pretty good.

Big storm in the Dallas area tonight. Froggy watches the rain.

Froggy was not the inspiration for Amphibian.com. I was drawing frogs and putting them on websites years before Alex was born. In fact, I started drawing frogs when I was 11 years old, just a year older than Alex is now. Which is probably why someone thought a plush frog would make a nice gift for my newborn daughter (Froggy is technically a Mary Meyer Sweet Rascals Freda Frog if you want one of your own. They're getting hard to find nowadays).

Amphibian.com comic for 23 October 2015